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Part 3 Witness Testimony District Court State of Oklahoma v. John A. Gustafson, Attorney General Civil Case No. 1062

LAUREL BUCK, called as a witness on behalf of the State, having been first duly sworn to testify to the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, was examined in chief by Mrs VanLeuven and testified as follows: Q State your name. A Laurel J. Buck. Q A little louder, please sir. Where do you live? A 1320 South Peoria, City of Tulsa. Q How long have you lived in Tulsa? A Eighteen years. Q Were you present in the city on the night of the 31st of May and on the day of the 1st of June, Mr Buck? A Yes, ma'am. Q Did you have occasion to observe any of the occurrences during the riot that occurred in this city at that time? A Yes, ma'am. Q What was the first information you had of the riot? A I was on Main and Third when there was a rumor that there would be a lynching at the court hose, and I left that block and came to the court house, and in the meantime sent my wife home and came down here. There was quite a crowd gathered, I stood around a few minutes and some armed negroes came in a car at the front steps of the court house. Some of the crowd scatterd, myself among them, and afterward came back. The negroes kept parading, armed negroes, both walking and in cars, kept parading the for some time till there was a shot fired and then a little interval and some more shots were fired and the crowd ran north on Main. I was on Main myself at the time and some shooting as the crowd was running, at any rate a negro--

LAUREL BUCK, called as a witness on behalf of the State, having been first duly sworn to testify to the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, was examined in chief by Mrs VanLeuven and testified as follows: Q State your name. A Laurel J. Buck. Q A little louder, please sir. Where do you live? A 1320 South Peoria, City of Tulsa. Q How long have you lived in Tulsa? A Eighteen years. Q Were you present in the city on the night of the 31st of May and on the day of the 1st of June, Mr Buck? A Yes, ma'am. Q Did you have occasion to observe any of the occurrences during the riot that occurred in this city at that time? A Yes, ma'am. Q What was the first information you had of the riot? A I was on Main and Third when there was a rumor that there would be a lynching at the court hose, and I left that block and came to the court house, and in the meantime sent my wife home and came down here. There was quite a crowd gathered, I stood around a few minutes and some armed negroes came in a car at the front steps of the court house. Some of the crowd scatterd, myself among them, and afterward came back. The negroes kept parading, armed negroes, both walking and in cars, kept parading the for some time till there was a shot fired and then a little interval and some more shots were fired and the crowd ran north on Main. I was on Main myself at the time and some shooting as the crowd was running, at any rate a negro--